Summary:
Thousands of visitors enjoyed Youth in Arts hands-on projects at the Marin County Fair
Artists and volunteers with Youth in Arts provided five days of hands-on projects at the Marin County Fair this year. In keeping with the Fair’s theme, “Made in Marin” a celebration of our agricultural heritage, all of the projects honored the art and skills of our settler ancestors. We made rag dolls from rags and fabric scraps, wove bracelets using leftover yarn on a loom made from recycled mat board, and hooked a beautiful, soft rug with only feed sacks and old t-shirt scraps.
Every day at the Fair was a beautiful one, thanks to the tremendous help of our 30 volunteers and the creative energy of our thousands of artist visitors!
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- Rag Rug Materials: Feed sacks and old t-shirt scraps
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- Rag Rug Tools: Pens, Hands, and Crochet Hooks
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- Rag Doll Practicing
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- A finished rag doll
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- Working with mom.
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- Conversations encouraged
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- Rug Hookers: grandma would be proud.
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- A crowd of weavers
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- The whole family could be involved
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- Rag Dolls Step one: Cut 5-7 strips of your favorite color
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- Rag doll inspiration
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- Cutting yarn for woven wristbands
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- Dads liked weaving also
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- Ragdolls in process
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- We couldn’t have done it without our stellar volunteers
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- Ninja ragdoll production
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- Waiting for helpers
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- Finding colors
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- Inserting the blue sky
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- “how much more can my hands take?”
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- Teens hard at work
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- Choosing yarn
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- Teens helped little ones get started with their bracelets
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- Grandmothers enjoyed weaving bracelets almost as much as their granddaughters!
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